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Friend, Florence "Jeanne" (Luney) (1922 - 2020)

FRIEND, LUNEY, SWENSEN, KENKEL, SINGER, AIKTENHEAD PLUMB, GOODNER

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 6/20/2020 at 19:57:22

Name of deceased: Florence Jeanne Friend (nee Luney)

Aged: 97 yrs, 6 mo, 21 days

Residence: Harlan, Shelby County, IA

Born: Nov. 8, 1922; Denison, Crawford County, IA

Died: May 29. 2020; Harlan, Shelby County, IA

Funeral services: Private Family Funeral Service: Sunday, May 31, 2020; Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan, IA; burial was in the Harlan Cemetery, Harlan, NE

Survived by: Daughters, Janet M. Friend Swensen (spouse, James) of Harlan, IA and Joanne M. Friend Kenkel (spouse, Alan) of Defiance, IA; 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, James Gordon Luney and Gladys Marie (nee Singer) Luney; infant brother, Thomas Edward Luney; husband, Max L. Friend; sons, Robert M. Friend and James L. Friend; daughter, Barbara J. Friend Aiktenhead; mother-in-law, Frances Marie Plumb Friend Goodner

Education: Attended school in Ida Grove, IA until 1937, and then attended and graduated from Harlan (IA) High School with the Class of 1940. After her high school graduation, she attended Dickman Business School in Omaha, NE.

Religious affiliation: Was baptized at the Presbyterian Church in Denison, IA; in 1942 she joined the First United Methodist Church, Harlan, IA and was an active member: She taught Sunday school for 15 years, Vacation Bible School for 5 years, and was the Sunday school secretary for 1 year. Jeanne also served on various church committees: the finance committee for 6 years, the memorial committee for 9 years and the worship committee for 9 years. She served on the Prayer chain; also served as a greeter, usher, liturgist, and communion server and sang in the choir years, retiring in 2013. She was known as the “choir mom” because she took care of the choir’s needs. She tracked what anthems were sung, kept everyone supplied with pencils and made sure that everyone had robes and that they were clean, mended and ironed. In addition, she made over 200 lap robes for the shut-ins and the homeless, along with delivering many to the local nursing homes. She crocheted baby afghans and baby caps for the newborn babies in her church family, for neighbors and friends and for Myrtue Memorial Hospital. She was honored with Service in Christ Award in 2014.

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Max Leroy Friend; Aug. 3, 1941; Hanson Park Methodist Church, Omaha, NE

Employment: When her family moved to Harlan, IA, her parents purchased an IGA grocery store; Jeanne worked there after school and on Saturdays. After her children were raised, Jeanne worked several years proofing maps for Booth Enterprise. She then took a bookkeeping job at Gearhart Lumber, remaining there for 20 years, and then became the bookkeeper for Chamberlain Brothers for 25 years, before retiring at the age of 85

Hobbies/Interests: no information provided

Sources: harlanonline.com; kjan.com; pauleyjones.com


 

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